[Photo] Propeller from a BMW 132 engine of a Ju 52 aircraft (foreground), a DB 601 or Jumo 211 engine (behind propeller), wings of a Bf 109 aircraft (behind engine), wreck of Hs 129B aircraft (behind wings), wreck of a Me 323 aircraft (behind Hs 129B tail plane), and wreck of a Ju 52 aircraft (background at right side of photograph) at El Aouiana airfield, Tunis, Tunisia, May 1943

Propeller from a BMW 132 engine of a Ju 52 aircraft (foreground), a DB 601 or Jumo 211 engine (behind propeller), wings of a Bf 109 aircraft (behind engine), wreck of Hs 129B aircraft (behind wings), wreck of a Me 323 aircraft (behind Hs 129B tail plane), and wreck of a Ju 52 aircraft (background at right side of photograph) at El Aouiana airfield, Tunis, Tunisia, May 1943

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Propeller from a BMW 132 engine of a Ju 52 aircraft (foreground), a DB 601 or Jumo 211 engine (behind propeller), wings of a Bf 109 aircraft (behind engine), wreck of Hs 129B aircraft (behind wings), wreck of a Me 323 aircraft (behind Hs 129B tail plane), and wreck of a Ju 52 aircraft (background at right side of photograph) at El Aouiana airfield, Tunis, Tunisia, May 1943 ww2dbase

WW2-Era Location Name

Tunis, Tunisia

Date

May 1943

Photographer

Marjory Collins

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ww2dbaseUnited States Library of Congress via Wikimedia Commons

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Identification Code

LC-DIG-fsa-8d32465

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